Feisty 91-year-old cashier recalls fending off robber
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Florence Critelli, who works at Rite Aid in East Northport, speaks about being hit by someone trying to take cash from her register, during an interview at her home in Commack. (Mar. 12, 2010)
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A day after a robber snatched cash out of Flo Critelli's register and punched her in the chest, the feisty 91-year-old had only one regret.
"I should have hit him with the scanner or closed his hands in the drawer," she said.
Critelli found herself a media darling when she returned to work Friday, manning the front register and greeting customers at the East Northport Rite Aid on Larkfield...
